Supply Chain Strategy and Management

Supply Chain Strategy and Management

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Excerpt from the Book review of David Simchi-Levi’s Operations Rules in Interfaces by Luk Van Wasssenhove INSEAD, Technology and Operations Management, This is an excellent book! The reader who is truly interested in operations management should consider buying it. It is insightful, deep but not technical, to the point, and illustrated with many interesting examples. I believe it […]

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what3words splits the world into 3×3 meter squares, and provide a three-word address for each one of them, helping people navigate better and more accurately. Through the association with what3words, DB Schenker’s customers can now optimize their supply chains by specifying accurate pick-up and drop-off points using three-word addresses.

What if you could store and deliver goods as easily as data? Amazon, Walmart and others are using AI and robotics to transform everything from appliance shopping to grocery delivery. Welcome to the physical cloud.

Campbell Soup Co. is struggling to keep things fresh. Campbell has been plagued by supply chain issues since buying Bolthouse Farms six years ago to boost its fresh foods unit and is now looking to sell off the entire fresh division. Fresh foods like carrots and refrigerated juices require supply chain capabilities that differ drastically from what Campbell built for its long-lasting canned soups and cookies businesses, and weak carrot harvests and juice recalls didn’t help Bolthouse’s sales and its relationships with retailers. Campbell’s experience highlights the critical differences in seemingly similar supply chains, where the discipline of managing processed foods doesn’t match the need for speed in fresh food.